A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon HD 6950 is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

Radeon HD 6950 is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

This low performing GPU is unable to play any of the most demanding games available today.

How many years will the Radeon HD 6950 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon HD 6950 in your PC? You should definitely consider replacing this Radeon HD 6950 graphics card, if it is still in your gaming PC.

Radeon HD 6950 is a fast high-end card made in 40nm fabrification process. It is based on 40nm architecture and Cayman Pro core, featuring 1408 Shaders, 88 texture units and 32 ROPs paired with fast 2GB GDDR5 video memory working on 1250MHz, and core clock running at 800MHz. 2GB VRAM tied up with 256-bit bus ensures latest games to be playable on ultra without AA on 1080p, except Crysis 3 which requires lowering settings to be played on high.

so what now? Theres no way im getting Intel stuff ( i have nothing against intel and am well aware of its superiority) but like, should i get the phenom or would it not make a difference? Fast answer would be appreciated, im buying new hardware tomorrow.

Does anyone know if the 1GB sapphire will be alright or bottleneck for my current cpu. I posted in sapphire variant section but i don't think my question will be answered. I need to decide before i consider buying one from someone.